If you can find a copy I would reccommend Ian Briggs' book ENDURANCE RACING 1982-1991 published by Osprey in 1992.Otherwise this is the book to have if you want to know what, why and where but I've no idea how much it will cost you, I bought mine years ago from Chris Knapmann who no longer trades.

There appears to be a copy of "Endurance Racing 1982-1991 - Ian Briggs" for sale under for sale and want ads on the forum homepage.Jeff.

Now sold I'm afraid. Monocoques and Ground Effects now gone as well. I do still have a copy of 'Golden Era Vol 1 & 2', but no slipcase. All remaining books on the list will be going on ebay shortly, but remain open to offers from TNFers for now.

It was billed as a follow up, but essentially it's a rehash of Briggs' excellent book with unattractive additions by Starkey. I bought it when new and was bitterly disappointed. I have both and Briggs' book is by far the better.

I'm only now coming back to Jack-the-Lad's question after being away in Boston to launch my new book on the creation of the Porsche 356.

Why now more new information on this topic? The sources include Marco Marinello's excellent researches in Switzerland, which is so important to the creation of the 356. As well I found untouched information and sources at Porsche, where some archive items had never been fully exploited. As well I looked into the Cisitalia saga in greater depth. Then we also had great information on Jerry Seinfeld's Gmund-built coupe. A further source were the diaries of Ghislaine Kaes, Prof. Porsche's nephew and secretary, acquired by Jerry and loaned to me for the work.

As I said earlier a key aspect of my book is the placing of the development of Porsche's sports-car ideas in the context of the products of other companies, both before and after the war.

It's all in aid of understanding how the powerful Porsche DNA was created, so powerful that it still influences the design of the company's cars today.

It was billed as a follow up, but essentially it's a rehash of Briggs' excellent book with unattractive additions by Starkey. I bought it when new and was bitterly disappointed. I have both and Briggs' book is by far the better.

This forum isn't much of a John Starkey fan club is it, has he produced anything trustworthy and readable?

Could anyone recommend a good book about Group C cars? I read about these cars in the latest issue of Autosport and I would like to know more about them. I already have Peter Morgan's "Porsche 956/962 - The Enduring Champions" and I know there are several books out there that focus on Jaguars and Sauber-Mercedes. Are there any books that offer an in depth look at the Group C era as a whole?

Another good couple of books on Group C are the "World Sportscar Racing" series by Ulrich Upitz. They are not too expensive: http://www.buchfreun...z,54350541-buch The series ran from 1989 till 1994.

Could anyone recommend a good book about Group C cars? I read about these cars in the latest issue of Autosport and I would like to know more about them. I already have Peter Morgan's "Porsche 956/962 - The Enduring Champions" and I know there are several books out there that focus on Jaguars and Sauber-Mercedes. Are there any books that offer an in depth look at the Group C era as a whole?

I picked up a copy of Ian Brigg's book for £30 or so about eighteen months ago. I cannot remember if it was on Amazon or eBay. I put it on my watchlist and eventually one turned up for a sensible price.

I would also put in a good word for Michael Cotton's paperback "Directory of World Sportscars Group C and IMSA cars from 1982". It was published in 1988 so it does not cover everything. It's mainly a model by model guide to the cars but does have brief annual reviews at the start. It also has the advantage of being much cheaper.

I'm only now coming back to Jack-the-Lad's question after being away in Boston to launch my new book on the creation of the Porsche 356.

Why now more new information on this topic? The sources include Marco Marinello's excellent researches in Switzerland, which is so important to the creation of the 356. As well I found untouched information and sources at Porsche, where some archive items had never been fully exploited. As well I looked into the Cisitalia saga in greater depth. Then we also had great information on Jerry Seinfeld's Gmund-built coupe. A further source were the diaries of Ghislaine Kaes, Prof. Porsche's nephew and secretary, acquired by Jerry and loaned to me for the work.

As I said earlier a key aspect of my book is the placing of the development of Porsche's sports-car ideas in the context of the products of other companies, both before and after the war.

It's all in aid of understanding how the powerful Porsche DNA was created, so powerful that it still influences the design of the company's cars today.

Having just acquired Karl's new book 'Porsche - Origin of the Species' I would like to add a few comments. First of all it has presence and is a beautifully produced book. There are plenty of new (to me, at least) photographs amongst the 343 pages. Dipping into the text reveals the author's usual high standard of research and analysis. This is definitely a book to enjoy and I look forward to reading it in full.

Karl has created another fine Porsche history book. My first copies (Confession: I'm a Porsche bookseller) arrived the other day, and I instantly shut down everything else to skim the book. Karl has a great knack for presenting history without the usual blinders: as he wrote, the book places Porsche in the greater automotive context. The only other automotive historian who did this so well was Bev Kimes, but it is so important to the reader to understand the existing technology, politics, economy, competition, market, and more. Karl's Porsche, Excellence Was Expected got me started selling books in 1978, and today Origin of the Species renews my confidence that hard-copy books will always survive as enjoyable historical documents.

Has anyone read the Tony Robinson book yet? What type of book is it: "Next week we went to Monza", "The new car had twin wishbone rear suspension", "Stirling said to me ..." or "We drove to Sicily in shifts - 12 hours on, 12 hours off"?

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Did he spot the fifteen missing venues that I and others have found so far, and feel let down, or the Oliver's Mount hillclimb and Porlock Hllclimb map mistakes, or the typos and the wrong captions on the photos?

If it is reprinted we will try and get them corrected and include an addendum.

I'm sure sometimes an issue like this is someone well meaning, but not wholly on top of the technology, leaving a review on the wrong part of the site.

I've seen many a book/DVD get a 1 star review with the reason being it didn't arrive in time for their sons birthday. Almost as insightful as the 5 stars "I bought it for my husbands Xmas and I think he's enjoying it"

As a fan of the 50s I'm fascinated by the travel experiences of the smaller teams and privateers. I've read the HWM recollections of Alf Francis, and there is a book covering the Walker story, but does anyone know of any titles that might fit the bill.

I'm thinking of people like Bruce Halford and Horace Gould, who used to trek to many non-championship venues just for the starting-money. And what about Connaught?

If there isn't a book, over to you Doug Nye.

Purely for the record I have an entire chapter of my book " Maserati Gauld Mine" on Bruce Halford and Horace Gould, their travels and experiences. However, still chasing a publisher as the one who wanted to include it in his schedule has gone cold presumably due to the economic situation.

Purely for the record I have an entire chapter of my book " Maserati Gauld Mine" on Bruce Halford and Horace Gould, their travels and experiences. However, still chasing a publisher as the one who wanted to include it in his schedule has gone cold presumably due to the economic situation.

It's a sad sign of the times. Nice to know someone else had an interest in these stories. (Just been reading Jenks' Racing car Review 1955, and he brilliantly covers the travels and travails of the Gordini team in 1954. It rivals the HWM team for attempting as many races as possible for the starting money.)

At the moment I am writing the biography of Bob Gerard on behalf of members of the Gerard family and they will probably privately publish a limited edition but for sale to the public sometime next year when it is finished. I will let the forum know any details once the book is finished and the family decide to publish. However, I can assure you there are some surprising stories will come out of it.

Not sure we should be giving Amazon the publicity but significant chunks of the Tony Robinson book can be previewed on the Amazon site. May be of interest to D Type and nicanary (one of the extracts covers travel with the Halford car around the time of the 57 German GP).

Has anyone read the Tony Robinson book yet? What type of book is it: "Next week we went to Monza", "The new car had twin wishbone rear suspension", "Stirling said to me ..." or "We drove to Sicily in shifts - 12 hours on, 12 hours off"?

The book is rather on teams and cars. Almost only F1 (sportscars and Indy during the BRP period).The two years with Alf Francis and the 250F Maserati are very interesting with the relations with the factory and the changes of colour (long before Scuderia Cento Sud...).Also the less well know history of the Moss Cooper Alta.Of course there is an other book on BRP: "Making a legend" and some chapters look similar (the BRP chassis/chassis story) but in Robinson's book all is seen from an other side and more precise. The end of the Cooper story is also seen from inside.The relationship with Chris Bristow is well written but there are less comments on other drivers. Bernard White receives also some lines.Most of the photos are from private collections, unpublished before. The captions do not always say where taken so it's a game to find the places...

Marc Sonnery (Rebel,Rebel) has now (?) his own publishing house 'Eaurougepublishing', forthcoming titles are on the Citroen-Maserati era and De Tomaso Mangusta...

Regards Michael

A bit more information from the publishers. "Our 'Maserati – the Citroen Years' book is due to be published at the end of October. As you know, these things just grow and grow – what was originally planned as 350 pages has turned into over 500!"

A bit more information from the publishers. "Our 'Maserati – the Citroen Years' book is due to be published at the end of October. As you know, these things just grow and grow – what was originally planned as 350 pages has turned into over 500!"

www.eaurougepublishing.com

www.maserati-book.com

Nathan

Thank you Nathan...

originally Marc planned to publish this book 2 years ago with 'his' publisher who made the (also) delayed Rebel, Rebel...

I filled a hole in my ‘circuits’ section at Goodwood on Friday, by buying Enguerrand Lecesne’s French-language book on Rouen-Les-Essarts. It will be fun to pick up every word in five to make sense of it, and it’s already corrected me on one point of French vocabulary. Taking the same ‘one-word-in-five’ approach to a L’Equipue on a beach in the summer of 1980, I understood that of all the French drivers, only Pironi knew the furniture. But I learn from a Lescesne caption of Stewart in the ’68 French GP that the expression is ‘sauve les meubles’ – saved the furniture.

I'd say that the closest Anglais equivalent for that is 'saves the day', not sure how the words 'tank slapper' would translate, but I've seen a French TV programme with that name, and it seemed to be all about repairing and reconditioning furniture, so the expression can have a literal meaning as well.

I'd say that the closest Anglais equivalent for that is 'saves the day', not sure how the words 'tank slapper' would translate, but I've seen a French TV programme with that name, and it seemed to be all about repairing and reconditioning furniture, so the expression can have a literal meaning as well.

Quite so.

Of course, if there was a fire chez Kenny, the priority would be sauve les livres..

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Looks like the Lotus 72 Haynes manual has already been translated into French: Link. Has anyone obtained the English version? What's it like?

It's not available at Amazon U.S. so I ordered it from Amazon UK. I was ordering several books and didn't pay enough attention. It's not available in the UK either. It says it will ship in 9-13 days. We'll see.

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.....Strange!!

Regards Michael

In the last week the book has been reported as out of stock, both with Amazon and Haynes. Just heard from the publisher that the problem was a number of blurred pages in the copy purchased. As soon as they were notified of the complaint by Amazon, the production department at Haynes withdrew the book, got it reprinted and it is on the ocean wave from the USA at the moment.

Hope the blurred printing problem has not been widespread.

Sadly, the speed of the reprint has precluded any corrections or amendments at this stage.

In the last week the book has been reported as out of stock, both with Amazon and Haynes. Just heard from the publisher that the problem was a number of blurred pages in the copy purchased. As soon as they were notified of the complaint by Amazon, the production department at Haynes withdrew the book, got it reprinted and it is on the ocean wave from the USA at the moment.

Hope the blurred printing problem has not been widespread.

Sadly, the speed of the reprint has precluded any corrections or amendments at this stage.

Odd. I ordered mine from Amazon at an early stage (15 August), received it within about 3 days, and there are no blurred pages. Must have been one batch with the problem.

Does anyone know of a MAX HOFFMAN (the famous US-importer) biography or a at least a chapter on him in a Porschebook?????

Michael:

Around the time of his death a good biography appeared in Porsche Panorama, the magazine of the Porsche Club of America. You need the June 1980 issue, which is probably available from PCA at PO Box 6400, Columbia MD 21045; 410/381-0911; admin@pca.org.

Odd. I ordered mine from Amazon at an early stage (15 August), received it within about 3 days, and there are no blurred pages. Must have been one batch with the problem.

That must have been the case, as John Campbell has written a glowing review in the Amazon system - he has written a lot of reviews, many of which are not complimentary, but all are constructive in some way so he'd have mentioned blurring.My copy is fine, too!

Around the time of his death a good biography appeared in Porsche Panorama, the magazine of the Porsche Club of America. You need the June 1980 issue, which is probably available from PCA at PO Box 6400, Columbia MD 21045; 410/381-0911; admin@pca.org.